The Francis Levien Gymnasium was filled with its first cheers of the 2017-18 academic year as Columbia Athletics welcomed back more than 800 student-athletes at its annual student-athlete welcome reception on Monday evening.

Jeff Ryder has been named Columbia University's new Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics & Physical Education Peter Pilling announced on Wednesday.

Three Columbia soccer games will be televised live on both the Ivy League Network (ILN) and ESPN3 this fall, the League announced on Thursday afternoon. In addition, the ILN announced its entire fall live event schedule covering each of the eight conference institutions and stretching across six sports.

Set to launch its fifth year as the game-day home for Ivy League live events, the newly-branded Ivy League Network (ILN) will welcome a number of broadcast and user-experience enhancements in the 2017-18 academic year.

Columbia University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Peter Pilling announced today that Bob Steitz has been named Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs. At Columbia, Steitz will be responsible for the strategic direction, oversight, coordination, leadership and active participation in the revenue generation and external functions.